Improvement in velocipedes



UNITED STATE-s PA N Trio JACOB H. GIBSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,VASSIGNOR TO BEN- JAMIN B. BECK AND HENRY K. BAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VELOCIPEDES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 15 [,660, dated June 2,1874; application filed March 3, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB H. GiBsoN, of Springfield, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVelocipedes; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings making a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l represents thereach of a velocipede havingimy invention applied thereto,

My invention relates to the attachment of the seat to the reach of avelocipede, the invention being more particularly applicable tovelocipedes having three wheels or more, and used by children; and itconsists of a hinge secured transversely to the front part of the seatand to the reach, in connection with two springs, which are secured tothe rear part of the seat and to the reach, so that the rear part of theseat may move freely in a vertical direction, but not upon its hingelaterally or in a side direction, the object ofthe in vention being toallow the use of a spring-seat, which shall not tilt to one side whenthe rider leans over to throw the weight of his body to one side or theother in turning a short curve.

In the drawings, B represents the reach oi' a three wheel velocipede,and A the seat, which is secured to the reach at the front end by meansof a hinge, E, which consists of a piece, h, provided with two ears, ce, and which piece is secured firmly to the reach, and a piece, j',which is made to lit properly between the ears c, and which is securedto the bottom of the seat at the front end by a flange, c', and

a hole is made through the ears e and the piece j', through or intowhich is inserted a pin, n, which serves as a pivot, upon which the seatswings in a vertical direction. Two springs, F, are secured to the reachbeneath the seat, and extend upward and forward, and are secured to thebottom of the seat, as shown at c, and these .springs maybe providedwith hinges c a to give greater elasticity or freedom of action, ifdesirable.

It will be seen that, when a velocipedc constructed in the mannner abovedescribed is in use, the rider is provided with a seat which is easy andcomfortable, and which is perfectly free to move in a verticaldirection, according to the elasticity of the springs F, but when heleans over to throw the weight of his body to one side or to the otherin turning a short curve, to prevent the velocipede from turning over,the seat is prevented from being tilted over or down at one side fromthe weight ot' the body by the pivot or hinge E, which is placedtranversely to the reach and seat, which is not the case with theordinary velocipedes heretofore made, having spring-seats, the latterusually being forced down by the weight of the body when thrown to oneside or the other, and throwing olf the rider.

I am aware that a single spring has heretofore been used, as in theordinary two-wheeled velocipede, but in that case the whole carriage isthrown over by the weight of the body in turning a curve; but in athreewheeled velocipcde the carrriage cannot be thrown over in theleast, as all the wheels have a bearing upon the ground. I am alsoraware that a braced seat, rendered somewhat elastic, has also beenused, as shown in the device for which Letters Patent were granted to E.N. Huntsman, February 2, 1869, No.

V86,545; and I do not claim the same, nor any part thereof, neither do Iclaim the spring and seat, as ordinarily applied toa two-wheeledvelocipede, but

Having described my invention, what I do claim as new ise Thecombination of the hinge E, seat A, and springs F F with the reach of athree-wheeled velocipede, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

IVitnesses F. A. CUnTrs, C. E. BUCKLAND.

JACOB H. GIBSON.

